Effect of Meal Ingestion on Liver Stiffness and Controlled Attenuation Parameter

Effect of Meal Ingestion on Liver Stiffness and Controlled Attenuation Parameter

Background and Aims: Despite the increasing use of noninvasive methods for the assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis, the effect of fasting and food intake on these parameters is not yet clear. Our aims were to evaluate the effect of food intake on liver stiffness (LS) (measured by transient el...

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Main Authors: Marco Silva, Pedro Costa Moreira, Armando Peixoto, Ana Luísa Santos, Susana Lopes, Regina Gonçalves, Pedro Pereira, Hélder Cardoso, Guilherme Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-04-01
Series:GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Liver disease
Healthy volunteers
Fibroscan
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/488505

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